Through technical, policy, and project development expertise
From 2025 onward, at least 25% of all electricity generated from newly added generation capacity in the United States will be from local renewable energy sources.
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A key part of getting to 25% local renewables, Community Microgrids provide an unparalleled trifecta of economic, environmental, and resilience benefits to communities.
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To get to 25%, we're working to unleash a vastly untapped market in the US, wholesale distributed generation (WDG) — often commercial-scale solar.
Learn moreOur programs and policy work is detailed below. See highlights of our work here.
The Clean Coalition designs and stages cutting-edge Community Microgrid projects that can be replicated in any utility service territory. By showcasing the value and feasibility of these projects, and the vast potential for siting distributed energy resources in the built environment, we’re helping proliferate clean local energy.
At the Clean Coalition, we base our work on concrete project experience. The projects we design highlight the regulatory and policy issues that are impeding the development of clean local energy projects, and the tools and best practices needed to overcome those barriers.
California is poised to bring significantly more clean local energy online. But some serious hurdles remain. The Clean Coalition is working to overcome these — streamlining the front-of-meter (FOM) or wholesale distributed generation (WDG) interconnection process, helping plan for more FOM projects on the grid, and fixing the system for assessing Transmission Access Charges.
Currently, the full value and benefits of FOM projects are not recognized and compensated in procurement processes. The Clean Coalition is working to fix this. In addition, with our unique combination of technical, economic, and policy expertise, we’re showing that solar+storage can cost-effectively obviate the need for gas peaker plants.
Our Solar Siting Surveys, plus interconnection and other analyses, show the value of clean local energy.
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Our innovative Feed-In Tariff designs, local development business plans, and RFPs help proliferate clean local energy.
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Our designs and implementations of Community Microgrids can be cost-effectively replicated across the US.
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Learn about our innovative projects and initiatives on our blog, and see what others are reporting about our important work.
Chapman University reports on a student's efforts in expanding and delivering renewable energy solutions while involved with the Clean Coalition.
Read articleThis blog post explains why the Clean Coalition is facilitating SB 1148.
Read MoreIn this Legislative Roundup written by the Clean Coalition, we lay out the key DER energy-related bills currently making their way through the California legislature this year.
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